Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-09-29
st. Louis Correspondent.


! Ed. Register Your corre spondens
has been sick, ami. being advised the
best medicine would be a change Of air.
he left for the north. He found q cool
place On ono of the many beautiful
lakes, and there Re took lodgings.
Soon he felt the tonic influences Of the
breezss that come in landward from
the broad and beautiful waters. He
eat and slept. slept and eat. Sauntered
through the woods a nd read the papers.
But sad to say the REGISTER did not
follow him in his wanderings, as he
thought it would. 1t was great loss,
yet he survived, and in the five weeks
away he gained eight pounds avoirdu-
pois.
The world still moves, If your corres-
pondent does get sick once in o lifetime.
Since he last addressed you the mis-
sionary work has been going bravely
on. Many missionaries have gone
abroad or are abroad-some to South
America. Many are going to Africa
to assist Bishop Taylor in his work in
that continent. The church at home
Is jealous in furnishing the money.
The M. E. Church is raising the mill
lion dollars this year from collections
only.
The Illinois conferences are hol ling
their conferences this fall. and although
badly smitten with a destructive
drouth, yet the churches are dong
nohly in missionary collections. see
that the Kansas churches are holding
conventions and are doing all In their
power to furnish their full share for the
conversion of the world. This Is q
fact of general observation that
church that is alive to this cause sue
ceeds better within itself than those
who confine their efforts to themselves
and their own interests. We cannot
tell why this is, only that God has so
ordered that th"se who "water shall
be watered in return"
I saw letter lately received by Mrs.
Hagerty, of this city, from young
lady missionary in Japan: 1t was
about yard long and was written
closely and on both sides. It was fold
ed up as merchant would a piece Of
cloth. ! presume that is the kind and
form of paper they use in that far Off
country where they write as Chinese
do: in lines up and down, as we used
to find our alphabet in old spelling
books, only that they commence on the
right hand aud read TO the left. also
saw another letter from another young
lady from China, who had been O
heather orphan. She had been taken
as child and placed In the asylum
.and,educated and has become 3 woma,, J
"a Christian. wife and mother. She
was writing to the lady ii this city
who had furnished the money TOR her
education. I think the res ding OF such
a letter would stir any heart that was
some hearts in some Of the churches-of
Missouri. That poor women IN China,
now Christian, wife and mother,
never will forget to thank the kind
heart who was instrumental In her ed.
ucation and conversion. Would that
our people could see the great reward
of such q work as this. I ana glad to
say that many such orphans are now
being thus educated by good people In
our land, and several in Missouri.
This is the missionary age of the
church and all Glasses are at work.
Most Of our churches now have Wom.
en- Societies organized, which are doing
noble work, not only for the heather,
but are learning the women to plan
and work at home. In so planning
aud working they become greatly
blessed and efficient for home work,
and work in home church. No pastor
loses when he has in his church o
good and active Woman's Society. He
will find that they're his best workers,
ON whom he can depend at oil times for
work at home. Are there any churches
in Southeast Missouri who have no
with missionary work? II
30, what ID the condition of the church?
or dead and dull? Spirit
ual or worldly and time-serying? An
honor or q reproach to the cause of
Christ?
st. Louis, Sept. q, 1887.